On Tuesday 14 March 2006 07:01 pm, John Bowden wrote: Hello again, John, I get this:
Primary Master: WDC W800BB-00FJA0 13.03G13 Primary Slave: WDC W800BB-00FJA0 13.03G13 Secondary Master: WDC WD1600JB-00REA0 20.00K20 Secondary Slave: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GAS-4082B A201 The fresh install of XP is on the new 160gig hard drive. Thanks again, --Ray. > Ray Uotila writes: > > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 06:29 pm, John Bowden wrote: > > > > John: > > Thanks for your quick replies. > > How do I tell if my new drive with XP is a slave or not? > > My XP install is using NTFS for a file system. > > I'll await your instructions before I try anything further.... > > --Ray. > > > >> Ray Uotila writes: > >> > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 05:55 pm, John Bowden wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi John, > >> > Followed your instructions, when I type ver at the prompt I get > >> > "Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]". I am running a fresh install of XP > >> > Home on a new and separate hard drive (I have been running Mandriva > >> > for several months on an older drive). > >> > When I type win at the prompt I get "Bad Command or File Name". > >> > Hope you can still help. Thanks, --Ray. > >> > > >> >> Ray Uotila writes: > >> >> > Hi all, > >> >> > When I boot and choose Windows, all I get is a Windows 98 C > >> >> > prompt. Can someone help me and tell me how I can configure > >> >> > Mandriva to recognize XP? I have a fresh install of XP Home on a > >> >> > brand new hard drive. > >> >> > Thanks to all in advance, --Ray. > >> >> > ____________________________________________________ > >> >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > >> >> > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > >> >> > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > >> >> > ____________________________________________________ > >> >> > >> >> at the dos promt type "ver" without the quotes, this will tell > >> >> you what version of win/dos you are using. Then type win to > >> >> start windoz. > >> >> To set up the boot loader to automaticaly boot one or the other > >> >> you need to go into Mandriva's control centre and select the > >> >> Boot option, then the "set up how the system boots". > >> >> > >> >> Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest > >> >> intentions and he was going to blow them up ! > >> >> --------------------------------------------- > >> >> Free POP3 Email from www.Gawab.com > >> >> Sign up NOW and get your account @gawab.com!! > >> >> ____________________________________________________ > >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > >> >> Go to http://store.mandriva.com > >> >> Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > >> >> ____________________________________________________ > >> > > >> > ____________________________________________________ > >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > >> > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > >> > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > >> > ____________________________________________________ > >> > >> Ok it seems the old drive still has entries in the master boot > >> record for an old install of 98 which grub is picking up on. if > >> it is the first drive, "master on an IDE setup then boot from a > >> 98 system floppy and type "fdisk mbr". This will rest the master > >> boot record. DONT do it if the drive is a slave or you will have > >> even more probs booting xp. Is xp using fat32 or ntfs for its > >> file system? Try doing the Mandriva control centre stuff ubove > >> and see if Mandriva picks up your xp entries in the mbr. if it > >> does add it to the boot options and remove the 98 option. > >>SNIP > > The safest way is to turn off the machine and physically check > the jumper settings on each drive. They are little usually black > plastic squares that go over pairs of pins, usually on the front > side of the drive. Check them against the little chart on the > top of the hard drive. You will have to take them out to do > this. Another way is to read the bios output when you first > switch the machine on. The "checking ram message" and onwards, > shown on the screen. You can halt the process with the > "pause/break key temporarely to read or take notes. It should > say something like: > primary master hard drive maxtor fireball 120GB > primary slave hard drive seagate 60GB > secondary master philips DVD > secondary slave NONE > in a system that has 2 hard drives and a DVD. If you don't see > the bios out put just a company logo such as Emachines or Compaq > then let me know the manufacturer and I will try to tell you > which key combo you need to gain access to the screen or bios. > > > > > Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest > intentions and he was going to blow them up ! > --------------------------------------------- > Free POP3 Email from www.Gawab.com > Sign up NOW and get your account @gawab.com!! > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
